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Marriage

A collection of 19 posts

communication

Communication Helps

October 21, 2020

Last night I finished Jim Newheiser's excellent book Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage. It is structured around some of the important questions many of us ask about marriage at some point or another. He

Jared Olivetti Jared Olivetti
Marriage of the Lamb

Wedding Preparations

September 19, 2020

This morning we rose early with a growing sense of excitement. After breakfast we headed out with our daughter and fiance to sort their wedding reception out. We visited an hotel and checked-out

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
Christian living

Marriage proportions

March 09, 2019

What proportion is marriage? 50-50 seems like an ideal place to start. A fair input from both parties. Maybe some read this and think “50-50?! That’s a pipe-dream! If you knew my

Mark Loughridge Mark Loughridge
Abuse

What's a Hurting Wife To Do?

July 24, 2017

Following Rebecca VanDoodewaard's article "A High View of Marriage Includes Divorce" here on Gentle Reformation, and with the internet abuzz with Australian reporter Julia Baird's hit piece on the church regarding

Barry York Barry York
Divorce

A High View of Marriage Includes Divorce

July 20, 2017

The following article is a guest post by Rebecca VanDoodewaard, author of Uprooted: A Guide for Homesick Christians and Your Future 'Other Half': It Matters Whom You Marry.She is married to William

Barry York Barry York
Christian Calling

Rethinking Christian Calling

July 14, 2017

Many well-meaning Christians often want to baptize their aspirations and decisions with divine approval. It's not uncommon to hear young people encouraged to figure out who, where, and what God might be "

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
Brandon Hatmaker

Browse Worthy: The Hatmaker Controversy

November 03, 2016

Recently Jen Hatmaker, a professing Christian author and star of a hit television show "My Big Family Renovation," created a firestorm over comments she made in an interview regarding homosexuality. Her

Barry York Barry York
Family

Marriage Tweets

September 07, 2016

My lovely wife and I recently celebrated our seventeenth anniversary. As a way to honor the occasion and make some spiritual use of it, I tweeted out #17thoughtsonmarriage over the course of a

Jared Olivetti Jared Olivetti
Barry Danylak

Follow Up from "With Love, Your Single Daughter"

September 05, 2016

The following post is another article written by Rachel Dinkledine, who wrote a popular post a few weeks ago called With Love, Your Single Daughter. Rachel works as a registered nurse in the

Barry York Barry York
Family

With Love, Your Single Daughter

August 18, 2016

The following post is a guest article written by Rachel Dinkledine, a young woman I have had the pleasure of watching grow up since the day I took her brothers to see her

Barry York Barry York
abortion

Stop the Conversation Stoppers!

August 12, 2015

As Bible-believing Christians continue to speak out against sinful, seismic social changes and against atrocities enacted in the name of health care, they are met with predictable charges of hypocrisy.  “You have no

Rut Etheridge III Rut Etheridge III
Divorce

A Godward Look at Divorce and Remarriage

February 28, 2015

Divorce. It's an awful word. There's some words in the English language that evoke pleasant thoughts and happy images. Divorce isn't one of them. In fact, for me, there's few words in the

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
Marriage

What If I Don't Think My Spouse is a Christian?

January 23, 2015

The Bible is clear that a Christian should only marry a Christian. We gather that from where the Lord warned the people of Israel not to "make a covenant with the inhabitants

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
communication

So We Can Talk More Good

February 26, 2014

I was reviewing parts of Wayne Mack's Strengthening Your Marriage and came across this helpful list of "twelve practical suggestions for developing and maintaining good marital communications." I believe it would

Jared Olivetti Jared Olivetti
joy

Wedding Bubbles & Confetti

August 06, 2013

The whirlwind that has been these past few months - two children getting married, packing, helping children set up new homes, ending a pastorate, moving to another state, unpacking, the funeral of my

Barry York Barry York
church life

All the Single Ladies. And Men.

May 14, 2013

Dear single ladies and single men, the church needs you. I know it can seem otherwise when we talk about the importance of covenant families (they are important) or ask you every week

Jared Olivetti Jared Olivetti
Genesis

A Creative Marriage Thought

April 15, 2013

As we prepare to see a son and then a daughter wed soon (he at the end of May, she the first week of June), my wife and I rejoice over the Lord's

Barry York Barry York
Marriage

Lifelong Love

February 22, 2013

No one could ask for better in-laws than mine.  It is not only because they gave their beautiful daughter to an undeserving guy.  They have been ones who through the years have constantly

Barry York Barry York
Conflict

A Helpful Marital Thought

January 30, 2013

In Christian marriage two saints, who still have plenty of sin's remnant clinging to them, form a lifelong union. This means then, with the baring of the soul's wiring that marriage exposes, sparks

Barry York Barry York
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